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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1916.
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MAY CIRCULATION. "
57,852 Dafly Sunday 52,748
DwisM William., elreulon naaaiet of The Bee
Peellehtas eenpasr, Mag duly .wore, ear. that the
sverase etfealaUea fsr the awath of May, lilt, was
17.111 daily and il.f 41 Sunday.
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Sahatribed la aw sneenee sad vwers Is before ass
Ihls 94 day sf June. Ula.
.'. : , , SOBSBT HUVTEB, Notary feMle.
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should hsvs ths Bm milled to them. Ad-,
, dree will be changed as oitsn II requested.
i Hit off to the Flagl
There are other flags, but none food Old
Glory. :. .
. If Mr. Weatherman will now cttch up with
the calendar no one will complain.
The democrats holding down jobi In the itate
houte st Lincoln have came to wear s worried
look.
. The preparedness program should include pre
paredness for s stfe snd line Fourth of July
celebration.
- The sole problem st St. Loun it the talk of
holding the crowd long enough for the lubicrib
cri to get their money back. 1
; It looks at if William Randolph Hearit might
get around to support Hughei and Fairbanks.
The latch-string ia but for everybody.
Mr, Bryan will not be doinghi full duty to
hia fellow newspaper correspondent! if he does
not let off S few fireworks at St. Louii.
' ' Still those railroad engineers could have
worked out that Dodge street grade crossing
problem s year ago just as well as now. '
Official titles belong to backnumber jobs,
"Mr." Hughei serves present needs and suits the
plain people until they write in "President'' ,
: The political weather forecasters are not
bothered in the least by any need of allowing
for margin of error in making (up an advance
first ballot table for the St. Louis convention.
Talk of the democratic party absorbing pro
gressive republicans enlivens the gayety of June.
The Idea of a mooier transferring his mount to a
donkey ii s cruel reflection on bullmoose sense. ;
A verdict for $2,500 awarded Detective Pickard
st Kansas City affords meager compensation for
his labors ai a hired reformer in Omaha. His
indiscretion In giving the game away lost him all
kinds of uplift money. ,
- Republican gallantry ihone resplendent in
dealing with the luffragists at Chicago, With
characteristic courteiy the women were escorted
to joyful height! and safely returned to the
ground floor. Mere man aims to please; 1
Expressions of gratification are heard In Chi
cago over the success of the police department in
suppressing pickpockets during the conventions.
Delegates snd visitor! feet equally gratified. The
lawful touch was ai much as they could bear. '.'
. - Apologies seem to be in order for certain
alighting reference! to General Carransa'i whisk
ers. The style, not the whiskers,, were the pro
vocative. Whiskers on the American plan are
marks of distinction and high respectability. '
- All those nominating and seconding ipeeches
will be embalmed by publication in the official
proceeding! which guarantees them shelf-room
in all reference libraries of any pretension in the
country snd that should be glory enough for all.
Omaha is getting some fine advertising these
day! through the commercial traveler! who are
everywhere rating us ai one of thejivest towna
on the map. The commercial travelers are
friend! worth having and Omaha will gladly
show appreciation by reciprocating favors at
every opportunity.
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
CaasySsd Proas See filee.
Hon. Charles H. Brown was married to Mrs.
Lewii Brown of Chicago, and they will make
their home in the handsome residence erected
juit weit of the High school.
The picnic of the Swedish Library association
was held in Brandt's garden on the Bellevue road.
The officer! of this association are: J. Wedelt,
president: John Benton, vice president; Charles
Hanson, secretary; Charles Johnson, recording
secretary; Gus Hanson, librarian,
Guy Barton has left for New York to confer
with Fred Ames of Boston in regard to the propo
sition to sell the site and building of the Omaha
Saving! bank.
Dr. Denise has left for Europe to attend a
course of lecture! in the Opthalmic hospital,
'London.. ., ,A -';. :, ,
The Omaha Brick-Moulders' union held its
first annual ball at Wolff's hall, Twenty-second
and Cuming. The master of ceremonies was A.
H. Dsuble; floor managers, F. H. Buck and H. C.
Price; reception committee, D. R. Steel and
Frank Hammer. i
Miss Clara Brown has returned home after
graeuatir ; with honors from Miss Grant's semi
aary an t-icago.
I When the Flag Goes By.
Old Glory will pass through the streets of
Omaha today, as it will through all the citiei of
the United Statei, because this is a day let apart
on which to honor the flag of our country. It
will not be, s perfunctory observance this time,
nor the thoughtless ceremony of time servers.
It will be the sincere devotion of earnest men
and women to the emblem of their country. They
will look beyond the symbol to the thing sym
bolized, and by their presence today will dedi
cate themselves to ita service, and through it to
the service of 'mankind. This is a time when
patriotism is being awakened under the stress of
conditions, and the people are leriously thinking
of what citiimihip really means. Iti duties and
sacrifices are being considered now, ai well ai
its privilege! and advantage!. When the flag
goei by today hats will come off with more of
reverence than ever before, because it is good to
be permitted to live under it, and it ii also good
to be permitted to die for it, If need be.
Omshs Growing Town. 1 .
v Every itrsnger coming to Omaha naturally
forms impressions of the city which he carries
away with him and which we are slwayi curious
to hear through the regularly propounded ques
tion, "How do you like our city ?V The visitor
who has been here before can draw comparisons
which are still more edifying, as witness this
comment taken from s letter received, in the
coune of business, by one of our principal mer
cantile houses after the writer of it had returned
to his home in another wide-awake tity:
"I certainly did notice that Omaha li grow
ing and that it is getting to be a first-class
town. As s mstter of fact, I haven't recovered
yet from my surprise. My host took me
around everywhere, and I had an awful hard
time recognizing old Omaha as I used to know
it from what Omaha is now. In fact, most
of the time I was completely bewildered and
couldn't get my bearing! at all, in spite of
the fact that I thought. I used to know Omaha
pretty well.
"The way you have been crowding to the
front and beautifying your city ia amazing.
You have far more pavement than we have,
and you have done far more to take advantage
of what little natural beauty you have to bund
up a city which I find attractive in the extreme.
. "I think I was pretty much everywhere in
your city, snd wsa very much struck with the
number of fine homes which you have. Cer
tainly she sign! of wealth and refinement are
, apparent everywhere, and ,1 got something of
a jolt. I think I will have to eonfese that my
mental attitude hai been s sort of companion
for people who had to live in Omaha, but I
am absolutely prepared to make the molt
emphatie apology for whatever I may have
thought in the past, for you certainly have a
corking town."
Although namea are withheld, the significance
of this tribute to Omaha must not be lost for it
is not io much the letter thst counts ss the
teitimony to Omaha's growth and progress which
will be constantly borne by the observer when
ever Omaha become! the topic of discussion with
in hii hearing,. :v-, , V. . ;. .'. 1
Omaha ia not only groring but iti reputation
ia growing and Iti fame ai a growing town ii
being ipread by everyone who looks in on us.
Senator Stone's Singular Apprehension.
' Senator- Stone of Missouri, chief mouthpiece
at St, Louii for President Wilson, goes a long
distance to find something to support hii opposi
tion So the nomination of Mr.. Hughs His ex
pressed apprehension thst the supreme court of
the United States ia liable to be drawn into par
tisan politics ii too far-fetched to carry weight.
The history of the -senator's own party will furn
ish a precedent, If one is necessary. In 1872 a
bunch of reactionary democrats seized upon
Associate Justice David Davis, then on the su
preme bench, as a candidate to oppose Grant and
Horace Greeley, although Judge Davis withdrew
after accepting the nomination, and retair i his
leat on the bench. Five yean later he took hie
seat in the aenate ai a democrat, and to the end
of hii life acted with that' party, being promi
nently mentioned in two campaigns as a candi
date for president He gave the democrat! in the
eenate great preitige, lucceeding Vice Preiidcnt
Arthur at preiiding officer when Mr. Arthur took
the presidential chair. No charge wai ever made
that Judge Davis dragged the supreme court into
politics. -, Senator Stone's statement ihowi the
desperation to which the democrats are driven In
the present campaign. The fact that Mr. Hughes
was once justice of the supreme court does not
disturb the people at all. 'They want Hughes
for preiidcnt, snd will make the call effective by
their votes, "... f
Bt.it for ths Bull Hoots.
, Colonel Bryan no' sooner reached St. Louii
than he announced himself as proponent of a new
treaty of peace, planning to propagate a coalition
between the progressive! and the democrata. Thia
naturally appeals to the late aecretary of atate,
who would ihow himself to the world ai the
champion of hii own scheme for laving hii party.
He would thereby heap coala of fire on the head
of the prciident, would confound Roger Sullivan
and othera of that ilk, and keep Bryan'a name
bright before the public. But what assurance
can he offer the bull moosers that any promise
he makes to them in return for their support will
be carried out? Colonel Bryan drew the Balti
more platform, and molt solemnly pledged the
party to the promiies therein contained, but the
only one the leaden ever tried half-way to re
deem wai that of free trade. If the bull moosers
permit the peerless leader to seduce them into
the democratic camp by his specious appeals, they
will show very little political perspicacity. . .,
: The foresight and wisdom of the designers of
the Douglaa county court house in providing s
fireproof building is more apparent these June
dayl than ever before. The procession of city
taxpayers digging up 30 per cent increase oc
casions s degree of vocal heat that would endan
ger S combustible building. Even the, marble and
bronze cage of the caihier may require cold stor
age treatment to offset the high temperature of
holdup victims.
. The promptness, thoroughness and ladylike
precision' which marked the launching of the
woman's party at Chicago convince! Ida M. Tar
bell that women are better polticiani than men
in knowing what to do snd how to do It. "The
women's party knows exactly what it wants,"
aya Miss Tarbell, and she decoratei a column
of ipace in explaining ' what might ' be com
pressed into three words, "votes for women."
Editor Harding sounded the republican key
note and Editor McGlynn wilt render a like
service ' for the democrats. The innovation
marks the transition from flamboyant screams
to aenie and substance.
American Flags
THE fact that some sixty odd sizes snd shapes
of American flags were found in use in the
various government departments has actu
ated an executive order, dated May 29, standard
izing the form and size of alLour national flags.
The hags, and union jacks, of all departments,
with certain exceptions in the army and navy,
must now conform to specifications. Taking the
hoist, or width, as 1, the fly or length is 1.9; the
hoist of the union. 7-13: the fly of the union .76,
and the width of each stripe 1-13. There areM
. t . . : i , i 11 -Wli
twelve prcscrioea sizes, irum ii w
feet hoists, but the 19-foot flag is to be the
standard.
The American flag collections of the United
States National museum include some examples
of our flag indicative of its deyelopment in sev
eral historical periods, iti many change! and it!
gradual itandardization.
It is interesting to note that during the revo
lution the flag had thirteen atari; In the war of
1812, fifteen; in the Mexican war, twenty-nine;
in the civil war, thirty-five; in the Spanish-American
war, forty-five, and today forty-eight The
American flag ii among the oldest of national
flags, being older than the present British Union
Jack, the. French Tricolor and the flag of Spain,
and many yean older than the flag! of Germany
and Italy, lome of which, like those of other coun
tries, are personal flags, or those of reigning
families, . , w, '
There are no early colonial flags, such as were
used by the individual colonies, and militia regi
ments before the flag of the United Statei was
established by congress on June 14, 1777, now
celebrated as Flag day. This act required "that
the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes,,
alternate red and white; that the union of thir
teen stars, white in a blue field, representing a
new constellation," but did not define how many
points the itari should have, how they should
be arranged nor make provision for additional
ones.
The navy immediately adopted this flag, but
the army wai much slower to act Representa
tive of early itan-and-stripes type, there is a
twelve-star flag said to have been used by John
Paul Jones during the war of the revolution. It
measures 10y feet by 6'A feet and was presented
to Lieutenant James Bayard Stafford, U. S. N.,
on December 13, 1784, by the marine committee
of the continental congress as a reward for meri
torious services during the Revolution, coming
later to the Smithsonian Institute as a gift from
Mn. Harriet R. Perry Stafford.
Another flag of the very highest historic value
li the original star spangled banner" which flew
over Fort McHenry in Baltimore during the
bombardment on September 13-14, 1814, and was
the inspiration for Key's! anthem. It now hangs
in the rotunda of the new National museum build
ing, where the models in competition for the
Key memorial are now on display. This Fort
McHenry flag ii of the fifteen Itara-snd-itripei
type, adopted by an act approved by Preiident
Washington January 13, 194, which took effect
May 1, 1795, after the admission of Vermont and
Kentucky. It measures about thirty feet square,
is much battered and torn, with one star mining,
but thii great historic souvenir has lately been
preserved by quilting it on heavy linen cloth, and
remains one of the country's most preciout relics.
From 1795 this form continued as the standard
flag until President Monroe's administration,
when congress enacted that it should thereafter
be of thirteen stripes, with the addition of a itar
for each new atate, commencing July 4, 1818.
It seems that the army never carried the na
tional flag in battle, though we have record of its
use as a garrison flag from about 1787 or 1798, to
1834, until 1846. Bodies of troops carried during
this period, and before it, what was known as
national colors or standards of blue with the
arms of the United States emblasoned thereon,
comprising an eagle surmounted by a number of
stars and with the designation of the body of
troops, as infantry, artillery, etc., inscribed on a
scroll. In -1834 the artillery were given the right
of carrying the Stars and atripei, as recorded by
the War department regulations, the infantry and
cavalry still using the national arms with an
added scroll in the eagle's beak bearing the words:
"E pluribui unum." These fiages remained the
colors of the infantry until 1841, and the cavalry
until ss late as 1887, when they were ordered to
employ the tars and Stripes. .
So many 1 styles and forms of the Stan and
Stripes flag were in existence in 1837 that certain
foreign governments found it necessary to make
inquiry of this government just What the official
flag was, resulting in the publication in 1852 of
a careful study of the subject by him who later
became General Schuyler Hamilton.
However, it was not until 1912 that very defi
nite specifications were drawn up. Under Presi
dent Taft'i administration representatives of the
various government departments conferred on
proportions and other details of the national flag,
resulting in an executive order dated October 29,
1912, which tended to standardize the Stan and
Stripes, and yet further specifications were found
necessary only recently. .
The history of our flag indicates that the
"Stan and Stripes" was not carried by troops
in battle until the period of the Mexican war
1846-47. Several flags of this period are in the
museum collections. Among them is a flag of
thirteen stripes and stars carried throughout the
war by the battalion of volunteers which enlisted
from Maryland and the District of Columbia,
and the flag of Company I, Fourth regiment of
Indiana infantry, of thirteen stripes, with an eagle
in the field.
Ten flags of the collection pertain to the civil
war. The garrison flag of Fort Moultrie, S. C,
lowered when the command evacuated that fort
to assemble at Fort Sumter December 26, 1860; a
boat flag flown by Commander Charles S.
Boggi, U. S. N., when he left the Gunboat Va
runa, lunk in an engagement between a confed
erate flotilla and the union fleet under Admiral
Farragut below New Orleans, April 24, 1862; a
signal flag of white cloth with painted stars and
stripes; headquarters flag of Major General Ben
jamin F. Butler, United Statei volunteers, flown
at Fortress Munroe, Virginia, in 1861; the flag
raised at New Orleans by iti citizeni upon the
occupation of the city by the union force! under
Major General Butler, May 1, 1862: the remaina
of the flag carried in the three dayi' fight at
Salem Height!, Virginia, May 3-5, 1863, when
three color sergeants Were killed, though the
banner never faltered or fell to the ground; Gen
eral Hazen'a garrison flag hoisted at Fort Mc
Allister, Ga., after the surrender of the fort to
the union army. December 13, 1864; the flag flown
on the United Statei ship Kearsarge when it sank
the Alabama, deposited in the National museum
by Lieutenant Herbert Winslow, ion of Rear
Admiral Herbert Winslow, commander of the
Kearsarge during this action; headquarters flag
of Major General E. O. C Ord, U. S. A., flown
in Richmond, Va., in 1865, and the flag of the
First Pennsylvania volunteers, found in the capi
tol at Richmond in 1865 by Major General Ord.
Other flags include some from the Spanish
American war, and the following miscellaneous
flags: A flag owned by Admiral Charlei Wilkes,
U. S. N.: the American colon carried by Rear
Admiral Peary in hii Arctic exploration! in 1909;
the flag carried by the Smithionian African ex
pedition under the command of Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt in 1909-10, and manj example! of the
national ensign which has flown in so many nota
ble engagement! and during numerous worthy
achievements. '
' Uncle's Excuse. ;-
' Uncle Jethro lat fishing on the banks of a
tiny rivulet when s stranger stopped beside him
snd said: . . .
, "Is it possible that there sre sny fish in such
a small stream as that?"
' "No, there ain't none," Uncle Jeth grunted.
; , "But you're fishingl"
"Yep said Uncle Jeth. : , '
"What, then, is your object?" Y
"My object," said Uncle Jeth, "is to' show my
wife I ain't got no time to lift the ashes." New
York Times. . , i
FotwtetiJ D Not Bubfal.
Omaha. Junt 11. To th Editor of Tho
Bm: Omaha has a number of bubbling water
fountain! at which one la auppoaed to be
abla to secure a drink of running city water.
But at many fountain thla ia far from be
ing the eeee. The water initead of guanine
out In a clear stream. I In many fautanoea
turned on to low that In order to aeeuro a
drink one must place hii mouth againit tho
bulb. Some time ago Omaha aboUehed tho
public drinking cup at the fountain for aani
tary reaeone, but the eanitary condition at
many of our fountain art as bad, If not
worae. than before.
If H la lmpoHthlo to regulate the flow of
water at the fountain o that one would
have to place hi Up against the bulb in
taking a drink why not add an attachment
by which each individual can turn on the
flow of water to nit htnuelf T
Thia latter scheme has proven a success
in many of the smaller cities and if in
stalled hero would pay for itself ventually
by the amount of water saved.
. SAMUEL BLOTKT.
, The Poetry of Sbahospoara,
Omaha, Juno It. To the Editor of The
Bee i This ia the year more enlightened,
literary folk would keep memory green the
Sooth anniversary of Shakespeare (or
Bacon) t Hence a description of what poetry
is, both ancient and modern, may not bo
amiss. Aristotle first made an analysis of
rhythm and it can be seen in hi book, ho
called ft "Rhetoric." There I no need of try-,
tag to give a definition of poetry, aa many
have tried and failed. Practically it t rhythm
snd measure or "feet" to the line or verso
Just as they say "timeH In music, which In
cludes both measure and rhythm spaced by
bars, and music has tone added. Psycholog
ically no ons can make a definition of poetry
and the same and be said of music, for the
effect of each en the mind cannot be ox
plained la language. To tht ancient Greeks
and the Latin, their poetry waa also the
only music that they had. This was made
possible by the numerous vowels in their lan
guages and because modern race have so
many consonants we eannot oven imitate
their poetry. Every syllable to them was long
or short and In the thousands of linos in the
poems of Hesiod, Homer, Aenead and others
ovary syllable which they could repeat from
memory, lino for line, you can see tho syl
lables are Just so, long and short. They could
use and measure, their poetry In those day
in seven rhythms, but today we use but four
of them In our poetry and In our music we
use only two of them unless you want to add
the pyrrhlc below to account for our recent
syncopated, or rag time. That old Greek and
Latin poetry was all written in what was
called hexameter verse, of a mixture of some
four of tho seven rhythms. Our hexameter
versa Is very different, for we do not us
long and shorts any more and simply have
one mark of accent and that like this, and
only for the accented syllables and the others
are just not accented, and that ia all
there i to it nowadays, as ancient poetry
was Marly always about great heroic deed
and explolte it Is called epic. But when
Sappho sang to her lyre of love and other
passion and feelings, oven la the same
measure of the rhythms, then her poetry we
must call lyric. When we speak of epic
poetry today wo mean the vereo or lino (a
verse Is a line) that Shakespeare, Milton and
Pope wrote In, which Is iambic pentameter.
It Is hard to sing-song this verso and hence
It U best fitted for deep thought, philosophy
and tragedy. It is also eatled heroic verse,
for it tells best of heroes and of history in
solemn fashion like the ancients did In their
peculiar verse to us of mixed rnythme and
known as ancient hexameter verso. In order
to explain the seven rhythm of poetry and
the correct writing of all verso wa can use
the dash and the capital letter U U,
which to ancient poetry meana long and
short, but now wd use ony tho or ' over
the accented vowel and nothing for the un
accented syllables. Of tho seven rhythms of
poetry below we use now in modern time
but the first four, and music uses but the
second and the fourth.
U llko in alone, called Iambus. -
U like In onward, called Trochee.
U U like, in intervene, called Ana
paest. U U like in delicate, called Dactyl.
like in amen, called Spondee,
U U Ilk in endurance, called Am
phibrach. U - like In give ma life, called Am
phimaeer. "
U U like in the. called Pyrrhic.
The seven measures are as the Greek for
numbers from 1 to 7. Thus monometer, or
one rhythm to the line or measure only and
then dimeter where only two rhythms
measures the line and trimeter and tetra
meter and pentameter and hexameter and
heptameter, meaning seven.
The plays and the sonnets of Shakespeare
are all in one kind of verse, namely iambic
pentameter (English heroic) or an iambus,
five times to the line and often in couplets
of two lines only. Thus take the word alone
as an iambus, accented on the second syl
lable and say it five times to the line and
you have the verse of Shakespeare. Thus,
from "The Merchant of Venice:"
"The man that hath no music in himself,
Is fit for treason, stratagems and spoils;
Tho motions of his spirit are as dull as night.
And his affections dark as Erebus."
GEORGE P. WILKINSON. '
Wooster Will Support Hughe.
. Silver Greek, Nb June 11. To tho Ed
itor of Tho Bee: While I have without ex
ception voted the democratic electoral ticket
since and ineludnig J89 I shall thi year
with very great satisfaction vote for Charles
E. Hughes and do what I can In a small way
to secure his election to 4he end that the
country may be relieved of tho intolerable
nightmare of having aa Its chief executive
a man who, both by nature and education,
ia an autocrat In every fiber of his being; a
monumental egotist who not only considers
himself above the constitution and the law,
but immeasurably above the wisest of the
100,000,006 people over whom he lorda It aa
one born to Imperil rule; educated to the
highest point as the universitte go, and yet
more destitute of practical sound sense than
the common laborer In the shop or en tho
farm In short, and in plain United States,
an educated fool, granting him, of oourse,
and for tho mere look of tho thing tho
honor of being always actuated by worthy
motive. ' CHARLES WOOSTER.
Nebraska Editors
A. D. Sett, ,roprttor of th. Edamr Sun,
has added the On. Visiter to kts string of
Ps. . .
R. C. HcCullr be. sold tie Sprtafview
Herald t. B. O. Pelllter, wb. b.s has .bar,
of tb. paper moot of ths time for th. last
month. ; " t
Ben 1. Ssllewi, editor of th. Alllaneo Semi.
Wwklj Times, has announced that th. .ob
serlption price of his papur will be l.0l
a m after July 1.
J. H. Walia, who leased th. Crete Vid.U..
Rmld a few month, ac has porehaMS tb.
pint and aood will of tho pepsr and job
office and Is sow Mi. mnr.
The annual meetin. of the Klkhora Val
by editorial as.ooi.tion will be.bld at Long
Pin. next Saturday. Luke H. Bates, tho new
proprietor of tho Valentine Ropubllew, will
mi a paper m "Beck to th. Gam." Two
other faatniM will be addnasM by Idaar
Howard, editor of the Common. Telefrom,
and Z- V. Parrlah, manassr of the pebueity
buKatt of tho Omaha Oommonlal elub.
Th. floe fMlint of soodMlowehlp that pre
vails .mom th. profesl.a m th. American
Valley of th. Nil. I, .Wenoed by th. fol
lowing notice glra by Editor Eugene T.
Wwt.rr.lt of th. Scott. Bluff Republican
of the advent of th. daily ditio started
hut WMk by hia lolly competitor. I "Th.
Piatt. V.ll.y Daily B tar-Herald Vol. 1, No.
1, earn, out Monday ovenlng and Hon to be
hitting a rait that ia both commendable to
tb. publl.h.n and a credit to the city. While
It Is a big task to get out a dally in a city
f Oil. lite, we are satisfied that H it can
be done the boys of tb. 8tr-Hrald effic.
can do it. end It U with the beat of wiahoe
that w. welcome tho birth of tho n.w dally
and wieh th. mterprlM ntlnu4 .ueceee."
Editorial Sittings
Boston Transcript: There is just one
ray of hope in the report that the shad are
disappearing from our rivers they art tar
Ing their bones with them.
Baltimore American: Men may come and
men may go; armies may engage in Titanic
struggle and the cataclysms of war and
nature occur, but the Juno strawberry
festival goes on undisturbed amid tho riot
of nation.
' Pittsburg Despatch : Admission are e
Ing In that mora chip were lost in th North
Sea, light than were previously reported,
thereby showing ths naval experts may have
had theit own ideas when they decided to
wait before doping out the results.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Two boys
who robbed J. P. Morgan A Co. of $10,000
were whipped and will not bo prosecuted.
Tho moral: If you would commit robbery
rob someone who will not miss tho cash
more than you or I would miss a postag
stamp filched from tho desk. --
Brooklyn Eaglo: "Trade follows capital.
not tn nag, is an Argentina, man's pro
position before ths New York State Bankers'
association. It has a lot of sense. Till
our exporters ana our bankers dare to ox
tend to South Americans tho lone- credits
that English interests extend, trade growth
wiu oe slow.
MIRTHFUL BEKABK&
"What did two uoh quiet people av.r
talk about when they were courting."
"Didn't hav. to. She ha. a .peaking coun
tenance and his money talk.." Baltimore
American.
Newpop (anilously) Is It a boy . or a
glrlf
Nun.. It', throe of 'em, air three fin.
boye, '
Newpop Oroat Beottf This oomos from
marrying a girl whose father 1. In the whole
sale line. Boston Transcript. , .
A CBiVOM MEWrIW
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mm WR CLEAR
Little Lemuel ear, paw, what la a states
man? ,
Paw A statesman, son, ' la a politician
who knows a bandwagon when ho sees It
Indianapolis Star. ,
The Teacher So Delilah out Samson's
hair and all his strength went out of him.
Now. when did Samson's strength go out of
of him? Ton may answer, Willi.
Willie I guess it wux when he seen his .
self in th' glass. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What ar you doing with that lady's
slipper In your pookot? Looking for a
Cinderella?"
"Naw: my wife wanted aeme stockina-s to .
match. I couldn't cut a aection out of the
slipper, so I had to bring ths pesky thing
along." Kansas City Journal. .
"I see," said hia wife, "that thsa has)
ball players navo progressive idoas on sani.
tation."
"How so?"
"Th paper states that they spent the
afternoon awattlng fllea." Cincinnati En
quirer. TEE FLAG GOES BY!
4
Henry Holoomb Bennett 186l).
Hate off!
Afcng the street there comes
A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums,
A flash of color beneath the sky:
Hats off!
Tho flag Is passing by!
Blue and crimson and white It shines.
Over the steel-tipped, ordered lines.
Hats offl
The colons before as fly;
But more than tho flag is paasing by:
boa-fights and land-fights, grim and great.
Fought to make and to save the state;
Weary march and sinking ships;
Cheers of vlctojT on dying Hps;
Days of plsnty and eara of peach;
March of a strong land's swift Increase;
Rqual justice, right and law,
Stately honor and, reverend awe: -
Sign of a nation, great and strong
To ward hsr people from foreign wrong;
Pride and glory and honor all
Llvo in the colore to stand or fall.
Hate offl
Along the street there comes -A
blare of buglea. a ruffle of drums;
And loyal hearta are beating; high;
Hata off!
Tb flag la paasing by!
TEE AMERICAN FLAG.
Se, stars and stripes, the glory,
From mastneaa waving orignt.
And for this flag our fathers fought.
For freedom and our people's right
The stars shall shine through darkest cloud
Like heaven s stars above.
All halt our glorious flag, ,
Emblem for which man die,
O'er land and soa la sparkling
Aa glory from a purpled sky.
And so w shall protect it-
Our fatbera perfect gift.
Give wisdom from above.
To rulers of our land.
As 'round ths world our colors float, '
un. rainsr, oy inem always aiano.
Then love and peace and liberty .
Throughout our land ahall be
O. VjCKERBH. ,
Arapahoe. Neb., Juno 14. ltlf.
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Put the Right Food Be
tween You and the Heat
Eating heavy foods in summer is
liV wstnrinif luurr nvercnata. and
it's lots more hurtful to the body.
Kfonta an hup-tintf and exnenaive
F.mat Snntfhittti is dtrnnnmiral and
fti-trM owjkrv Vtit ns murri nmirinhmftnt.
aa nth nr foods without heatins the bbdv.
Tasty, delicious, healthful. .
Yoar froen eSi Fawt SpmghttH
MAULL BROS.. St. Louis, U.S. A.
I I III II
Ten cents the
large package
illlilii
Hill
I
After being fatigued from the game, retire to the
shade and invite your friends to a cold bottle of
they, as well as you, will appreciate it
Save the coupons and get premiums
Phone Douglas 1889 and hare a case sent home.
LUXUS MERCANTILE CO.,
1 ."'' Distributers. V
J
Persistence is the cardinal vir
tue in advertising; no matter
how good advertising may be
in other respects, it must be
run frequently and constant
ly to Jbe- really successful.
CffOOLS AND COLLEGES.
SCHOOLS AND TOLLEOBS.
Shattuck Summer School and Camp I
ttnra si to atjoust i, ic
Tnorougn Softool Work and Healthful Recreation. .
tSAlTlSaai Xutructloa U Colli
I Baal
J or Spatial XafarmatJoa iUm
tn Collar. Preparatory. Onasmag Orada aaA
...nil anDjewnai
W Special laXoonatloa IUm HATTTCg; SCTmOOT., rarioanlt. sfiaa.
BELLEVUE COLLEGE
Announces that Its dormitories, dining; room, swimming pool snd ten
nis courts will be at th disposal of guests June 12ta to September
15th. Rates $8.00 per week up. - Special meals for auto parties on
six-hour notice at 75 cents per person.
- i r-i . Phone B.UeTtia 10. ". '.